HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC

Aux Ambassadeurs -- Chanteuse au café-concert (D. 68; W. 58; Adr. 70)

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HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
Aux Ambassadeurs -- Chanteuse au café-concert (D. 68; W. 58; Adr. 70)
lithograph in colors, 1894, on wove paper, signed in pencil, from the edition of 100, with the L'Estampe originale blindstamp, with wide margins, pale mat and time staining, a few very minor and unobtrusive defects at the extreme margin edges, otherwise in good condition, framed
L. 11 7/8 x 9½ in. (302 x 241 mm.)
S. 23 7/8 x 16 7/8 in. (606 x 422 mm.)

Lot Essay

Les Ambassadeurs was one of the most elegant of the café-concerts along the Champs Elysée. Away from Montmartre these café-concerts attracted a more elegant clientele and were the subject of prints and monotypes by Degas and others.
In this masterpiece of color printing, Lautrec conveys the lighting of the outdoor stage with the pink of the chanteuse illuminated by the limelight against the deep blue of the summer sky.

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